Story ID: 847 GDC Technics.doc
GDC Technics wins Third B787 Completion
By: James Wynbrandt
Caption: Completion center expands facilities and establishes a global footprint.
Word Count: 279
GDC Technics has won a third Boeing 787 completion contract, capping two years of expansion activity since Mohammad Alzeer and his partners acquired the former Gore Design Completions. Alzeer declined to identify the latest 787 customer, but called the contract “a game changer, as it involves developing a new prestigious first class cabin that integrates new cutting edge technologies with maximum luxury found only in VVIP aircraft.” GDC is scheduled to take delivery of the green aircraft in 2017.

San Antonio, Texas-based GDC (Booth X089) is currently completing two 787s and a 777-300ER. It also has a contract to refurbish a BBJ1.

Meanwhile, the company has been expanding its facilities and global footprint. GDC has built a new 850,000-sq-ft facility at Alliance Airport in Forth Worth, Texas and has invested $20 million in restructuring and development, including expanding its engineering and certification capabilities. The company is now a “100 percent Catia environment,” Alzeer said, referring to the industry-standard computer-aided design software from Dassault Systèmes.

GDC has also implemented its global expansion strategy establishing facilities in Europe (GDC Engineering in Munich), the Middle East, and “next year we will be in Africa,” said Alzeer, with a facility in Morocco. “Our demand is global. We have customers in China, the Middle East, in the U.S., in Central Asia. The weakness we had is we were not close to customers. That is why we have [developed] satellite facilities,” he continued.

Alzeer said the company has also invested heavily in human resources, creating an in-house training center. “Our objective is not just to create capabilities, but create human resources to effectively utilize those technical capabilities.”